[fluxcapacitor]

EXACTLY! As a big movie fan, I also have that same theory. In fact I have read Robert Rodriguez's "Rebel Without a Crew" (from where the "10-minute Film School" comes from), and I see so many parallels between indie film-making and bootstrapping a company.

http://www.amazon.com/Rebel-without-Crew-23-Year-Old-Filmmak...

I would argue that with a movie you actually do iterate and evolve: That's during the editing process. I believe Scorcese once said that his key job as a director was not during filming per se, but during editing.

Also, a curiosity: Rodriguez is a major geek. He does his own special effects on his own studio in San Antonio.

[philwelch]

Editing is filmmaking. Writing, acting, photography, recording, those are all arts in themselves, and if you're good at just one of them you don't need a film to be successful. Add editing, and you've turned it into filmmaking.

[blizkreeg]

You correctly point out, between indie film-making and bootstrapping.

While I'm no film-maker, I can see how a film actually gets made and re-made during editing.